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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..And Yet Another Chesster Eyeball Phantom on Ebay..

Author: Dick Schneiders

Date: 09:27:51 03/28/05

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On March 28, 2005 at 09:17:48, Steve B wrote:

>the one i posted last week closed yesterday at just under $1250
>
>this weeks Eyeball Chesster is what collectors call NAKED
>no box,pieces,adaptor,manual..nada,,zilch,, zip
>
>seller says he could not test the computer and therefore it is sold"AS IS"
>
>if the price stays within reason(say under $250) then it might be worth the risk
>to bid
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5180172218
>
>Eyeball Regards
>Steve


What with all of these Phantoms on eBay recently, I am getting a real good idea
what the various parts of these are worth.

Since this most recent one didn't have a dust cover, and the one I bought did,
the dust cover must be worth about $450.

Of course, this one did have all 4 of the pawn crowns, and mine was missing one
of the black ones.  We had earlier determined that a single black pawn crown was
worth $250, so that means the dust cover is really only worth $200.

A MB Grandmaster Phantom sold recently, with the dust cover, for only $250.  The
MB dust cover must not be nearly as rare as the Fidelity one, based on that
result.

A set of Phantom pawns, 8 white and 8 black, sold recently on eBay for $51.
Adding all of these accessories up and subtracting that total from the selling
price of this Eyeball, means that this latest "naked" Eyeball is really only
worth about $12.89, if my math is correct.

And that is only if it actually works, which is in serious doubt.


eBay mathematics regards,

Dick Schneiders



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